Karen Cordero
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What's Gotten into You
- The Story of Your Body's Atoms, from the Big Bang Through Last Night's Dinner
- De: Dan Levitt
- Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain
- Duración: 12 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 132
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 107
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 107
Every one of us contains a billion times more atoms than all the grains of sand in the earth’s deserts. If you weigh 150 pounds, you’ve got enough carbon to make 25 pounds of charcoal, enough salt to fill a saltshaker, enough chlorine to disinfect several backyard swimming pools, and enough iron to forge a 3-inch nail. But how did these elements combine to make us human?
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of the Very Best Science Books I have Read
- De TStair en 03-20-23
- What's Gotten into You
- The Story of Your Body's Atoms, from the Big Bang Through Last Night's Dinner
- De: Dan Levitt
- Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain
Science for non-specialist readers--fascinating!
Revisado: 03-05-23
This is a great book, the type you don't want to put down (or pause--in the case of an audiobook). It tells the story of how scientists explored and created new explanations regarding the composition and processes of creation of the universe of which our bodies are a microcosm, underlining how we are inextricably linked to our material context. It is also especially compelling because the narrative highlights not abstract knowledge but the people who made the discoveries, their struggles, disagreements, triumphs, and interrelationships with each other and their social, political, and professional context. Importantly, Levitt highlights the contributions of several women who made key contributions to this process, even at times when they were not allowed to occupy paid academic positions or had their work confiscated by or credited to others; for me this made the book additionally significant. I highly recommend its purchase, in whatever format you prefer: fortunately it is available in Kindle, print, and audio options!
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Eva and Eve
- A Search for My Mother's Lost Childhood and What a War Left Behind
- De: Julie Metz
- Narrado por: Rebecca Lowman
- Duración: 11 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 10
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 7
To Julie Metz, her mother, Eve, was the quintessential New Yorker. Eve rarely spoke about her childhood and it was difficult to imagine her living anywhere else except Manhattan, where she could be found attending Carnegie Hall and the Metropolitan Opera or inspecting a round of French triple crème at Zabar’s. After her mother passed, Julie discovered a keepsake book filled with farewell notes from friends and relatives addressed to a ten-year-old girl named Eva.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent, moving narration
- De Karen Cordero en 07-09-22
- Eva and Eve
- A Search for My Mother's Lost Childhood and What a War Left Behind
- De: Julie Metz
- Narrado por: Rebecca Lowman
Excellent, moving narration
Revisado: 07-09-22
A wonderful book that echoes closely the experience of my own mother's family. Based on personal memories, interviews, and archival and bibliographical research, as well as imaginative recreation, it narrates Metz's journey of rediscovery of her mother's family's trajectory as Jews in Nazi occupied Vienna and as immigrants in New York. The structure skillfully combines first person narration with the voices found in testimonies and documents, and third person narratives that recreate the lives of the protagonists and their social, political, and personal context. A compelling, fascinating, and thought-provoking read.
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